ask for the hand of

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A struggling doctor could not ask for the hand of an heiress.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

And when Hohenzollern lets fall a word about the mission of the Swedish ambassador to ask for the hand of the Princess of Orange, the Prince is even inclined to think unworthily of the Elector.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various

This was the reason why Nekhludoff considered that he had no right, even if he desired, to ask for the hand of Korchagin.

From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

"Suppose he ask for the hand of our daughter."

From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

A week before this, Andreas Döderlein, confidently expecting that Herr Weisskopf would ask for the hand of his daughter, had borrowed a thousand marks from him.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson